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Swastika
By Michael Slade. 2005
When an allied raid forces SS General Streicher to abandon his V-2 rocket factory, it sets in motion a monstrous…
conspiracy that still lies hidden today. In present day Vancouver, the RCMP's Special X squad is on the hunt for a pair of Nazi-inspired killers. The cat and mouse game moves between wartime Germany and the manhunt in Vancouver. 2005.The price of love and other stories
By Peter Robinson. 2009
Spellbinding plots, suspense that grips and won't let go, utterly unpredictable twists, psychological truths both sweet and scary, characters you'd…
like to meet (and some you'd hope never to encounter), all set in places that are characters themselves. A dozen tales of mystery from Robinson, including one brand new Inspector Banks story. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2009.Who killed Christopher Goodman?: based on a true crime
By Allan Wolf. 2017
Four friends who were last seen with fellow student Christopher Goodman question what happened on the summer night leading up…
to the discovery of his body a few miles outside town. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2017Hell to pay
By Garry Disher. 2014
Relegated to a backwater town after a whistle-blowing incident earns him powerful enemies, Australian police detective Paul 'Hirsch' Hirschhausen confronts…
more local crime than anticipated, including the murder of a sixteen-year-old girl. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014Blood of the prodigal: an Ohio Amish mystery (An Amish-Country Mystery #1)
By Paul L Gaus, P. L. Gaus. 1999
Amish bishop Eli Miller breaks the traditional isolation of his people to ask Professor Michael Brandon, who is not Amish,…
to find his grandson, Jeremiah, who has disappeared with his father, Jonah, although Brandon is not to notify the police or use force to recover the boy, but then Jonah is found murdered along the roadsideOctober mourning: a song for Matthew Shepard
By Lesléa Newman, Leslea Newman. 2012
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay…
college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Violence and strong language. Award winnerThou shalt not kill: biblical mystery stories
By Anne Perry. 2005
Fifteen short mysteries, spanning past and present, rooted in the Bible. Simon Brett examines an Old Testament murder in "Cain…
Was Innocent." Also includes Bill Crider's modern crucifixion tale "The Man on the Cross" and works by Carole Nelson Douglas, Peter Robinson, the editor, and others. Some strong language. 2005Picture perfect (Fiction - Young Adult)
By Elaine Marie Alphin. 2003
Best friends Ian and Teddy meet regularly in an abandoned motel in the redwood forest, California, to take photographs. One…
day Teddy doesn't show up and Ian suspects his oppressive father has something to do with his friend's mysterious disappearance. Ian is questioned by the sheriff but he can't remember everything that happened that day. For grades 6-9The truth as told by Mason Buttle
By Leslie Connor. 2018
As he grieves his best friend Benny's death, Mason and his friend Calvin, who are targeted by the neighborhood bullies,…
create an underground haven for themselves. But when Calvin goes missing, Mason finds himself in trouble. For grades 5-8. 2018Motel Riviera: roman policier (Couche-tard #Vol. 18)
By Gérald Galarneau. 2005
Une bonne histoire. Plausible. Menée tambour battant. Quelque chose qui pourrait arriver à bien du monde. Beloeil un soir de…
semaine. Il est 21 h 30. C'est l'automne. Il pleut et il y a du brouillard. Pierre Vaugeois rentre d'un séjour à Québec pour affaires. Seul au volant, il aperçoit soudain la Ford Tempo de sa femme qui passe devant lui sur la route 116. Par curiosité malsaine, il décide de la suivreHold fast
By Blue Balliett. 2013
Chicago. One January day, eleven-year-old Early's dad disappears without a trace from their neighborhood. Soon after Early, her mom, and…
her brother must flee their apartment and seek safety in a shelter, and it is up to Early to find her father. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2013Amnesia (Atout #134)
By Sonia K Laflamme. 2011
"Au lendemain dun accident de voiture, Matis se réveille amnésique. Seul face à linconnu, il tente de reconstituer son passé…
pour poursuivre sa vie. Plus il cherche à savoir, plus il met au jour des faits dérangeants, renforcés par des souvenirs nébuleux. Acceptant mal lidentité criminelle qui semble être la sienne, Matis doute de lui-même jusquau jour où les témoignages de ceux qui lentourent se révèlent contradictoires. Et si on lui mentait ? Et sil nétait quun pion au coeur dun vaste complot ?" -- 4e de couvRising water
By P. J Petersen. 2002
Kevin is assigned community service--for car theft--at an animal rescue center. During a flood, he accompanies volunteers Tracy and her…
brother, Luke, on a mission to feed a trapped dog. The group runs into trouble when they encounter armed burglars looting a house. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2002Pour les sans-voix: 2, Paysages éclatés (Tous continents)
By Micheline Duff. 2012
" À travers les tribulations de ses activités de travailleuse sociale, Geneviève Martin vit un drame familial bouleversant qui mettra…
sa vie de couple en péril. Quelques rencontres amicales ou professionnelles suffisent à peine à maintenir loptimisme auquel elle sagrippe désespérément. Son acharnement à cultiver lespoir pour lun de ses enfants, dysphasique, ramènera- t-il la normalité et la sérénité au sein de sa famille ? " -- 4e de couvLe poids des illusions
By Maxime Houde. 2008
"La mort de Kathryn, sa femme, a plongé Stan Coveleski dans une terrible dépression. Il a beau vouloir donner le…
change à Emma, sa secrétaire voit bien que son patron a tout abandonné... sauf l'alcool ! Certes, il mène un semblant d'enquête pour une cliente pas commode, mais l'affaire se présente mal et le détective récolte surtout des coups sur la tête, gracieuseté entre autres du lieutenant-détective Caron, un ancien collègue qui ne l'a jamais porté dans son coeur. Amoché, sans le sou, Coveleski ne réagit pas au départ d'Emma, qui n'en peut plus, ne se défend pas quand il est de nouveau tabassé par deux voyous, ne proteste pas quand il est évincé de son propre appartement..." -- 4e de couvCamp Nowhere (The nightmare Room Ser. #No. 9)
By R. L Stine. 2001
Nothing has been going right for Russell at summer camp, and he's tired of being called a wimp. But as…
a senior camper, he has to ride a canoe over Forbidden Falls. Legend says it's haunted by others who disappeared there. Could that be true? For grades 5-8. 2001Fear games (The nightmare Room Ser. #No. 1)
By R. L Stine. 2001
April Powers is one of twelve top students invited to an isolated Caribbean island for two weeks. Besides attending talks…
by visiting celebrities, they will participate in a Life Games competition for a large cash prize. But the group also faces an unanticipated evil challenge. For grades 5-8. 2001Scare school
By R. L Stine. 2001
Nervous new student Sam Waterbury doesn't like the old prison-looking Wilton Middle School. He feels even worse in the empty…
hallway when he encounters a hissing, three-foot-high, green rat creature with a HUMAN face! For grades 5-8. 2001Don't forget me!
By R. L Stine. 2000
Danielle wishes she were an only child and that her pesky little brother Peter would disappear. But she regrets that…
wish after she hypnotizes him while their parents are away and Peter begins to forget who he is. For grades 5-8. 2000Hell.com
By Patrick Senécal. 2009
« Depuis qu'il a pris la tête de la société immobilière de son père, Daniel Saul est devenu l'un des…
hommes d'affaires les plus riches du Québec. Dans la jeune quarantaine, beau, fonceur, intelligent et sans pitié pour la concurrence et les losers, Daniel a tout pour lui et ne se gêne pas pour prendre le reste. Quand Martin Charron, un financier et ancien confrère de collège, lui propose de devenir membre de Hell.com, un site Internet secret où tout - mais vraiment tout ! - est possible pour ceux qui le fréquentent, Daniel sait qu'il ne pourra refuser de s'inscrire. N'est-il pas un « puissant de ce monde », comme son père l'a été avant lui et comme Simon, son fils adolescent dont il a la garde exclusive, le deviendra à son tour ? Or, ce que Daniel Saul a oublié, c'est qu'on ne monte jamais aux enfers, on y descend ! Et leur profondeur, qui est abyssale, n'aura bientôt d'égale que celle de son désespoir ! » -- 4e de couv